# US 9,439,058 B2 · Home subscriber server

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- Number: US 9,439,058 B2
- Document ID: US9439058B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/656,013
- Filed: 2015-03-12
- Published: 2015-07-02
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2012-11-09
- Assignees: Alcatel Lucent
- Applicants: Alcatel Lucent
- Inventors: Deborah L Barclay; Bruno Landais; Laurent Thiebaut
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9439058B2

## CPC

- G06F 9/4881: {Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues}
- H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
- H04W 8/04: Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
- H04W 16/18: Network planning tools
- H04W 24/00: Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
- H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic
- Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method for supporting network monitoring of user equipment events. Some embodiments of the method include receiving, at a home subscriber server (HSS) in a public land mobile network (PLMN), a request to monitor one or more events associated with one or more users. The request is used to configure, activate, or deactivate delivery of reports from one or more entities in the PLMN to a monitor collection entity in response to the event(s). Some embodiments of the method also include configuring one or more profiles in the HSS associated with the user(s) based on the request and providing the request to monitor the event(s) associated with the user(s) to one or more serving nodes for user equipment associated with the user(s).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A home subscriber server (HSS) for deployment in a public land mobile network (PLMN), the HSS comprising:
a memory; and
a computer system configured to:
receive a request to monitor at least one event associated with at least one user, wherein the request includes information for controlling delivery of reports from at least one entity in the PLMN to a monitor collection entity in response to said at least one event, wherein the request indicates at least one action to be taken by said at least one entity in response to said at least one event;
configure at least one profile associated with said at least one user based on the request, wherein the at least one profile is stored in the memory; and
provide the request to monitor said at least one event associated with said at least one user to at least one serving node associated with said at least one user.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The HSS of claim 1, wherein the request to monitor said at least one event associated with said at least one user is received from an element management system (EMS) within the PLMN.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The HSS of claim 1, wherein the request to monitor said at least one event associated with said at least one user is from an external entity and validated by an interworking function that supports and controls an interface between the PLMN and non PLMN entities.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The HSS of claim 1, wherein the computer system is configured to provide monitoring information indicative of said at least one event associated with said at least one user to said at least one entity in the PLMN or at least one entity in another network.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The HSS of claim 1, wherein said at least one user is associated with user equipment that supports at least one machine type communication (MTC) application, and wherein the computer system is configured to receive a request to monitor at least one event associated with the at least one MTC application.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The HSS of claim 5, wherein the computer system is configured to receive a request to monitor an event indicating at least one of behavior that is not aligned with an activated MTC feature associated with the at least one MTC application, a change in an association between the user equipment and a smart card, loss of connectivity, a communication failure, a change in geographical position of the user equipment, or a change in a point of attachment of the user equipment.